Static Routing Exercise

Static Routing Exercise Isatou Jah/Nishal Goburdhan

What will the exercise involve? 

Unix network interface configuration

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Cisco network interface configuration

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Static routes

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Default route

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Testing

Routing Routing is done based on destination IP address  Without routing, interface can only reach destinations via ARP  Cannot reach a destination on another separate network without going through an intermediate device  A device with at least 2 interfaces can route 

Routing 

Static routes 

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dynamic routes 

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specifically instructs router on which route to take to a particular destination network learnt via routing protocols implemented on routers

default routes 

route that instructs a machine where to send packets for destinations that are not on the routing table

Static Routing 

Advantages  

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Simple to configure and maintain Secure as only defined routes can be accessed Bandwidth is not used for sending routing updates

Disadvantages  

Manual update of routes after changes Explicit addition of routes for all networks

Static/default route example To Internet 172.16.3.1

172.16.3.2 172.16.2.2 172.16.2.1

172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0

ip route 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0 172.16.2.1 - STATIC ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.3.1 - DEFAULT

Classroom Network Layout SWITCH

A C E G I

HUB

PC

HUB

Router

HUB

HUB

PC

Router

HUB

Router

Router

HUB

PC

PC HUB

Router

PC

Router HUB

HUB

PC

PC

Router

HUB

PC

PC

Router

Router

Router

PC

B D F H J

Address Assignments SWITCH .1 .2

A

B 196.200.220.32/28

.3

C 196.200.220.48/28

E

.5

196.200.220.80/28

.7

G 196.200.220.112/2 8

I 196.200.220.144/2 8

.9

196.200.220.0/28

196.200.220.16/28

.4

D 196.200.220.64/28

.6

F 196.200.220.96/28

.8

H 196.200.220.128/2 8

.10

J 196.200.220.160/2 8

Address Assignment You already have an IP address for your router’s backbone link (A=.1, B=.2, …)  You have a /28 for your local network (PC and router connected to hub)  Assign your own host addresses from your local /28 network 

FreeBSD Network Interface Configuration 

configure interface on Unix host 

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ifconfig xl0 inet n.n.n.n netmask m.m.m.m

xl0 is interface name n.n.n.n is IP address m.m.m.m is netmask

Connect PC to router console port Connect cable to console port on router, serial port on FreeBSD box  Use the tip command to connect your keyboard and screen to the serial port 

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e.g. bash$ tip com1

You may have to edit /etc/remote  See man pages for tip(1) and remote(5) 

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HINT: to exit tip, type ~.

Cisco Router Network Interface Configuration 

configure backbone interface on cisco router conf t interface ethernet0/0 ip address n.n.n.n m.m.m.m   

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ethernet0/0 is interface name n.n.n.n is IP address m.m.m.m is netmask

configure local interface on cisco router 

ethernet0/1

Cisco Router Network Interface Configuration 

Cisco global config should always include: ip classless ip subnet-zero no ip domain-lookup

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Cisco interface config should usually include: no no no no

shutdown ip proxy-arp ip redirects ip directed-broadcast

Test Connectivity PC can ping local interface of router  Router can ping PC  PC cannot ping backbone interface of router  Router can ping other routers  PC cannot ping other routers or other PCs 

Configure a default route 

Add route on PC route add default g.g.g.g 

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g.g.g.g is IP address of gateway (which is on cisco router)

Display forwarding table netstat -rn

Test connectivity All PCs can now reach backbone IP address of own row  Still can’t reach other rows 

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why? Do a traceroute to troubleshoot

Configure static routes for the remaining classroom desks 

On router, add static routes to other rows 

next hop is backbone interface of other row’s router ip route n.n.n.n m.m.m.m g.g.g.g

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Repeat several times until complete

Test Connectivity    

All routers can reach all PCs All PCs can reach all backbone IP addresses All PCs can reach PCs in other rows Test with traceroute

Address Assignments E2 Router

SWITCH

196.200.220.0/28

.1 .2

A

B 196.200.220.32/28

.3

C 196.200.220.48/28

E

.5

196.200.220.80/28

.7

G 196.200.220.112/2 8

I 196.200.220.144/2 8

.9

196.200.220.0/28

196.200.220.16/28

.4

D 196.200.220.64/28

.6

F 196.200.220.96/28

.8

H 196.200.220.128/2 8

.10

J 196.200.220.160/2 8

Configure static routes to classroom router 

On router, remove all static routes no ip route n.n.n.n m.m.m.m g.g.g.g

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Repeat many times

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Add default route to classroom router 

next hop is backbone router ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 g.g.g.g

Test Connectivity       

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All routers can reach all PCs All PCs can reach all backbone IP addresses All PCs can reach PCs in other rows Test with traceroute All static routes have now been added on classroom router Global: enable secret e2@fnog Interface: interface ethernet 0/0 ip address n.n.n.n m.m.m.m Router: router ospf 1 network n.n.n.n w.w.w.w area 0 Line: line vty 0 4

Edit FreeBSD the ‘/etc/rc.conf’ file On production machines, add lines to /etc/rc.conf to configure network on reboot  hostname="porcupine.tomato.example"  ifconfig_xl0="inet X.X.X.X netmask Y.Y.Y.Y"  defaultrouter=”G.G.G.G"  See /etc/default/rc.conf for more information 

Static Routing Exercise The End